Four billion years ago, our then stripling sun radiated only 70 to 75 percent as much energy as it does today. Other things on Earth being equal, with so little energy reaching the planet's surface, all water on the planet should been have frozen. But ancient rocks hold ample evidence that the early ...

Music streaming service Rhapsody has cut the price of its unlimited listening plan from $15 to $10 per month in an effort to increase signups and become profitable by the end of the year. The company also just launched a native app for Android smartphones, so iPhone users don't have a monopoly anymore.

There are certain foods that exist in some form or another in just about every culture world-wide. Bread, stews, moonshine, McDonald's…but one rises above the rest: The Sausage. This universally loved hunk-o-meat appeals to almost every demographic and can be dressed up or down, adding to it's overarching appeal. Here's a look at some...

Trapped between flat salaries and ever-increasing workloads, IT professionals are about to explode, according to a survey of nearly 5,000 IT workers. IT staffers are being hit with a double-whammy -- more work and flat pay. Not surprisingly, job satisfaction for some is falling.

The uncompromising report should put to rest the self-serving claims by Lehman that the firm was destroyed by rumors, short selling, stock manipulation and an unwarranted loss of confidence by clients and trading partners. In 2,200 pages, the examiner, Anton R. Valukas, lays out the truth in all its ugly glory: Lehman's fall was 100% its own fault.

In what could be the most obvious coupling of all time, the world's foremost authority on celebrity nudity, Jim McBride, aka Mr. Skin, has teamed up with America's foremost lover of nude women, Howard Stern, for a four-part special on Howard TV On Demand, 'Howard Stern's Hottest Nudes With Mr.Skin.'

4 miners are still missing after a deadly explosion killed 25 miners at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia on Monday. Massey has been plagued by several major safety and environmental problems in recent years.

Yesterday we wrote about someone who downloaded a pirated copy of a game after he couldn't gain access to the copy he'd already paid for. In that case, which most of our commenters supported... But what about if you own a printed copy of a book and you simply want to read the ebook version?

With the passage of the health care overhaul bill, the president is exuding confidence. Turmoil at the Republican National Committee over the past week, and the release Tuesday of a major new and largely sympathetic book about the president by New Yorker editor David Remnick, also haven't hurt White House efforts to drive its own, new narrative.

MOMA's current exhibition "Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront" features ideas on how to stop lower Manhattan and other low-lying parts of New York City from going under when the sea surges during a big storm. Architects divvied up the city's most flood-prone areas and suggested ecologically friendly ways to protect them.

Amnesty International released its annual survey on the use of the death penalty. GlobalPost asked Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International, about the report on the use of the death penalty worldwide. The U.S. executed 52 people in 2009, and is virtually alone among recognized democracies to use the death penalty.

Recent discoveries suggest that cancer cells genetically reprogram their energy-generating pathways to create the building blocks they need to grow and divide out of control, wasting a great deal of energy in the process. Potential drugs that block this pathway could offer a new way to treat a range of cancers.

Toyota Motor Corp. faces a maximum penalty of more than $16 million, a record civil penalty against an automaker, for failing to promptly notify the U.S. government about defective gas pedals among its vehicles.

AT&T Inc. said Tuesday it would invest $1 billion to upgrade its business network, services and products for large companies worldwide as well as for small U.S. firms as network traffic in global economies migrate from voice to video and data.

Today the IWM and the Shadowserver Foundation have released a report "Shadows in the Cloud: An investigation into cyber espionage 2.0" in which we document another targeted malware network. Researchers uncover another vast network of cyber-espionage, this time targeting the Dalai Lama, United Nations, and the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan...

Getting older is not all bad for many people. Mounting evidence suggests aging may be a key to happiness. Aging can bring more cheer as people become more comfortable with themselves and their role in society...It turns out, individuals who adapt the best to changes also have the highest expected levels of happiness